ICCROM Mora Samples Collection
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Paris: MRA-FRA-Par001

Type Sample Item

Sample ID

MRA-FRA-Par001

Sample Material Type

Pigment

Sample Sub-type

micro-fragment

Other info about sample identity

FRA/A/1; Louvre-Maestro S. Sebastian. 1azzurro ____ [hand written note]

Geographic Location

Country
France
Place
Paris
Detailed location not available
no

Site/monument

France (FRA)
Paris

Historical note about the site/monument

Louvre museum - Maestro di San Sebastiano, Crocifissione

Chronological period (sample)

Around 1500

Sample taken by

Mora

Date of sampling

Unknown
Yes

Related samples

MRA-FRA-Par002 and MRA-FRA-Par003

Other information about the sample

According to archival research, there is a mission by Mora listed as N.D.: Louvre, Maestro di San Sebastiano, “Crocifissione” (data recorded in Mora’s CV). No specific date is provided; however, Mora is documented as having made at least eight working visits to Paris, including two at the Louvre in 1970 and 1972. The three blue microsamples were scraped from the paint layers of “Crocifissione”, an oil painting dated to circa 1500.

Photos/Documents (sample info)

Description
Fig. 1. General view of all related samples

Other materials/notes

na

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